"Treasure Island (2012 miniseries) Treasure Island is a two-part British television miniseries adaptation of the novel ""Treasure Island"" (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson. The screenplay was written by Stewart Harcourt, produced by Laurie Borg and directed by Steve Barron. It was made by BSkyB and first shown in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on 1 & 2 January 2012. Young Jim Hawkins (Toby Regbo) discovers a map to a legendary island of treasure belonging to the infamous Captain Flint (Donald Sutherland) and embarks on a journey aboard the ship ""Hispaniola"" to find it; however, the enigmatic Long John Silver (Eddie"
"Captain Alexander Smollett Captain Alexander Smollett is the captain of the schooner ""Hispaniola"" in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Treasure Island"". He plays an important part in disciplining the main characters on the ship as the story progresses, and helps the protagonists survive against the pirates later on. He first appears to the reader as a strict, bitter man who finds fault with everything and is never satisfied. However, he quickly reveals that not all is well aboard the ship, and his first conversation with Jim Hawkins, Dr. Livesey, and Squire Trelawney foreshadows the eventual mutiny of many of the ""Hispaniola""s"
"Captain Flint Captain J. Flint is a fictional 18th-century pirate captain who features in a number of novels, television series, and films. The original character was created by the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). Flint first appears in the classic adventure yarn ""Treasure Island"", which was first serialised in a children's magazine in 1881, and later published as a novel in 1883. Captain Flint is one of the main characters in the book ""Treasure Island"", created by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1883. In Stevenson's book, Flint, whose first name is not given, was the captain of a pirate ship,"
"Treasure Island Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of ""buccaneers and buried gold"". Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an ""X"", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders. ""Treasure Island"" was originally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. It was originally serialized in the children's magazine ""Young Folks"" from 1881 through 1882 under the title"
"of Treasure Island"" by The Asylum, the character is depicted as a Frenchman trading with the then-new United States. Captain Alexander Smollett Captain Alexander Smollett is the captain of the schooner ""Hispaniola"" in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Treasure Island"". He plays an important part in disciplining the main characters on the ship as the story progresses, and helps the protagonists survive against the pirates later on. He first appears to the reader as a strict, bitter man who finds fault with everything and is never satisfied. However, he quickly reveals that not all is well aboard the ship, and his"
"""Treasure Island"" (2010) is a hidden objects game launched by French publisher Anuman Interactive. The arcade game ""Captain Silver"", follows a protagonist names Jim Aykroyd in his quest to find Captain Silver's hidden treasure, which to find, he must battle an undead Captain Silver. Half of Stevenson's original manuscripts are lost, including those of ""Treasure Island"", ""The Black Arrow"", and ""The Master of Ballantrae"". Stevenson's heirs sold Stevenson's papers during World War I; many of Stevenson's documents were auctioned off in 1918. Treasure Island Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of"
"to establish a model for environmentally sustainable development. After planning and environmental approvals have met, the government hopes that the first phase of the project starts in the course of 2019. Norman Island Norman Island is an island at the southern tip of the British Virgin Islands archipelago. It is one of a number of islands reputed to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's pirate novel ""Treasure Island"". It is said that the island was named after a pirate who bought it or leased it at some point during the early 18th century, although supporting evidence for this contention"
"greet him with respect unlike before. He looks to the skies and sees an image of Silver in the clouds. Jim Hawkins (character) James Hawkins is a fictional character in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Treasure Island"". He is both the protagonist and main narrator of the story. At the start of the novel, Jim works at his family's inn. A patron of the inn, former swashbuckler Billy Bones, receives the Black Spot, a pirates' summons, with the warning that he has until ten o'clock, and he drops dead of apoplexy on the spot. In the dead man's sea chest, Jim"
"to his name entering popular culture. A monument by sculptor John Evan Thomas was erected in 1843 by public subscription in St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury commemorating Benbow as ""a skillful and daring seaman whose heroic exploits long rendered him the boast of the British Navy and still point him out as the Nelson of his times."" A 74-gun ship of the line and two battleships were named HMS ""Benbow"". Robert Louis Stevenson named a tavern the ""Admiral Benbow"", where Jim Hawkins and his mother live, in his romantic adventure novel ""Treasure Island"". He also titled the first chapter ""The Old"
"Tintin locates the coordinates to the treasure on the globe, presses a secret button he finds there, and discovers Red Rackham's treasure hidden inside. Unicorn (ship) The Unicorn () is a fictional 17th-century three-masted armed Royal Navy vessel appearing in ""The Adventures of Tintin"", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The ship plays a leading role in both ""The Secret of the Unicorn"" and ""Red Rackham's Treasure"", published in 1943 and 1944, respectively. The ""Unicorn"" also appears in the 2011 film adaptation """". In the ""Tintin"" adventures, the ""Unicorn"" is the setting of a battle between pirates and sailors"
"Unicorn (ship) The Unicorn () is a fictional 17th-century three-masted armed Royal Navy vessel appearing in ""The Adventures of Tintin"", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The ship plays a leading role in both ""The Secret of the Unicorn"" and ""Red Rackham's Treasure"", published in 1943 and 1944, respectively. The ""Unicorn"" also appears in the 2011 film adaptation """". In the ""Tintin"" adventures, the ""Unicorn"" is the setting of a battle between pirates and sailors followed by a duel between its captain, Sir Francis Haddock (an ancestor of Captain Haddock) and the pirate Red Rackham. The ""Unicorn"" is scuttled"
"modern copy of an old schooner named the ""Willy T"", which operated as a bar and restaurant. In September 2017, the Willy T was destroyed by Hurricane Irma. The owners of the Willy T had a new ship built and in May 2018 it was announced that the BVI government would not let the Willy T anchor on Norman Island, but would instead be able to anchor in Great Harbour on Peter Island. Some think that Norman Island and the tales about its treasures have inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write ""Treasure Island"". The estimated timeframe of ""Treasure Island"" approximates"
"The Secret of Treasure Island The Secret of Treasure Island is a 1938 Columbia movie serial based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Treasure Island"". The serial is broken into fifteen chapters. Reporter Larry Kent travels to an island in the Caribbean to investigate the disappearance of his colleague, and discovers that the island contains a lost treasure trove of gold. Kent meets Toni Morrell, the daughter of a shipmate whose partner knew the location of the treasure, who helps him in his investigation and they search for the treasure together. During their investigation they are opposed by a villain named"
"Ben Gunn (Treasure Island) Benjamin ""Ben"" Gunn is a fictional character in the ""Treasure Island"" novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Ben Gunn is an ex-crewman of Captain Flint's who has been marooned for three years on Treasure Island by his crewmates, after his failure to find the treasure without the map. During his time alone on the island, Gunn develops an obsessional craving for cheese. He first appears in the novel when Jim Hawkins encounters him. Ben treats Jim kindly in return for a chance of getting back to his real home. Jim leaves Ben Gunn behind but"
"Billy Bones Billy Bones is a fictional character, in the first section of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Treasure Island"". Billy Bones appears at the very outset of the story with a mysterious sea chest, looking for a wayside inn with a view of the sea but little. Bones decides upon the Admiral Benbow Inn where he asks to be addressed merely as ""Captain"". Though his down-payment for lodgings is adequate, even generous, he stays for many months and browbeats Jim Hawkins' father out of asking for more money even when his deposit has been spent. He does, however, pay Jim"
"by Chris Fisher in the Starz television series Black Sails. He is first encountered by Captain Flint and his crew when they are captured and imprisoned after landing on an island inhabited by a large group of escaped slaves. Gunn is already a prisoner in the settlement, being the last surviving crew member of an unnamed slave trading vessel. Ben Gunn (Treasure Island) Benjamin ""Ben"" Gunn is a fictional character in the ""Treasure Island"" novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Ben Gunn is an ex-crewman of Captain Flint's who has been marooned for three years on Treasure Island by"
"Norman Island Norman Island is an island at the southern tip of the British Virgin Islands archipelago. It is one of a number of islands reputed to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's pirate novel ""Treasure Island"". It is said that the island was named after a pirate who bought it or leased it at some point during the early 18th century, although supporting evidence for this contention is difficult to find. However, Norman Island also has a documented history of pirate booty being stowed upon the island. In August 1750, a Spanish treasure galleon named ""Nuestra Señora de"
"Silver (Radcliffe), their first mate, is a crook and with some of the men plan to rob Jim and Louise of the treasure. After a fight on the island and the killing off of Long John Silver's men, Long John Silver joins Jim and his gang and through Ben Gunn (Sargent) they find the treasure. Just as Jim is about to distribute it, he wakes up. Treasure Island (1918 film) Treasure Island is a 1918 American silent adventure film based on the novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. This is one of many silent versions of the"
"the trading island of Nassau. Lord Thomas Hamilton was the son of Lord Alfred Hamilton, lord proprietor of the Bahama Islands. McGraw adopted the name ""Flint"" after a mysterious man who boarded his grandfather's ship while at anchor and then disappeared. He is portrayed by Toby Stephens. Captain Flint Captain J. Flint is a fictional 18th-century pirate captain who features in a number of novels, television series, and films. The original character was created by the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). Flint first appears in the classic adventure yarn ""Treasure Island"", which was first serialised in a children's magazine"
"Squire Trelawney Squire John Trelawney is a supporting character from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Treasure Island"". Stevenson describes him as a tall man, over six feet high, and broad in proportion, and he has a bluff, rough-and-ready face, all roughened and reddened and lined from his long travels. His eyebrows are very black, and move readily, and this gives him a look of some temper, not bad, you would say, but quick and high. The Squire is a bombastic and excitable landowner and friend to Dr. Livesey, another supporting character who has been sought out by the book's protagonist, Jim"
"observe, activates another one of Silver's robots, a mechanical parrot who tells Silver that he no longer turns him on. Silver reveals his plan to steal the map, get the treasure, and become “master of the whole universe”. In the middle of an emergency, the crew is bombarded with electrical bolts. Filipe's conscious is transported to the past where he is now Jim Hawkins on an old wooden ship, where Smollett identifies the existence of both ""Treasure Island"" and Robert Louis Stevenson. They are attacked by several ghostly apparitions. Filipe saves Black Dog, and when they are all transported back"
"previously known for its witch trials, and beaches that Robert Louis Stevenson is said to have described in his novel ""Treasure Island"". Geller claims that buried on the island is Egyptian treasure, brought there by Scota, the mythological half-sister of Tutankhamen in Irish mythology, 3,500 years ago. He claimed that he will find the treasure through dowsing, despite dowsing being considered a pseudoscience. Geller also claimed to have strengthened the mystical powers of the island by burying there a crystal orb once belonging to Albert Einstein. In 2014, a 12 foot tall statue of a gorilla made from approximately 40,000"
"Black Spot (Treasure Island) The Black Spot is a literary device invented by Robert Louis Stevenson for his novel ""Treasure Island"" (serialized 1881-82, published as a book in 1883). In the book, pirates are presented with a ""black spot"" to officially pronounce a verdict of guilt or judgement. It consists of a circular piece of paper or card, with one side blackened while the other side bears a message and placed in the hand of the accused. It was a source of much fear because it meant the pirate was to be deposed as leader, by force if necessary—or else"
"and to avoid capsizing the crew had dumped all of its 72 cannon overboard, then anchored off Réunion island to undergo repairs. (This incident would later be used by Robert Louis Stevenson in his novel ""Treasure Island"" where the galleon is referred to as ""The Viceroy of the Indies"" in the account given by his famed fictional character Long John Silver). The booty consisted of bars of gold and silver, dozens of boxes full of golden Guineas, diamonds, pearls, silk, art and religious objects from the Se Cathedral in Goa, including the ""Flaming Cross of Goa"" made of pure gold,"
"Treasure Island (1999 film) Treasure Island is a 1999 film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel. It was written and directed by Peter Rowe and stars Kevin Zegers as Jim Hawkins and Jack Palance as Long John Silver. The narrative diverges from that of the novel in that Captain Smollett convinces Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey to cut Jim, a 13-year old boy, out of his rightful share of the treasure in 1759. and so Jim then teams up with Silver. Smollett, Trelawney and Livesey are killed, and Jim, Silver and Ben Gunn escape with the treasure. The film was"
"Long John Silver's Long John Silver's LLC (also formerly known as Long John Silver's Seafood Shoppe and sometimes abbreviated as LJS) is an American fast-food restaurant chain that specializes in seafood. The brand's name is derived from the novel ""Treasure Island"" by Robert Louis Stevenson, in which the pirate ""Long John"" Silver is one of the main characters. Formerly a division of Yum! Brands, Inc., the company was divested to a group of franchisees in September 2011 and is now 80% franchise-owned. The first restaurant was opened on August 18, 1969, in Lexington, Kentucky. The original location, on 301 Southland"
"and ""Amazon"" are aboard and used as lifeboats when she sinks. <br> Wild Cat (boat) The Wild Cat is a fictional green two-masted schooner that Captain Flint, the Swallows, the Amazons and Peter Duck sail to the West Indies in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons book ""Peter Duck"". She also appears in the opening chapters of ""Missee Lee"". The ship would have been about 50 ft (15 m) long. In the book and the illustrations there is no mention of a head. This is typical of Arthur Ransome's reticence on the issue. The name is taken from Wild Cat Island"
"Poseidon (fictional ship) The SS ""Poseidon"" is a fictional transatlantic ocean liner that first appeared in the 1969 novel ""The Poseidon Adventure"" by Paul Gallico and later in four films based on the novel. The ship is named after the god of the seas in Greek mythology. In the 1969 novel, the ship is traveling across the Atlantic on her first month-long cruise with African and South American ports of call, after her recent sale & conversion from the 35-year old British ocean liner RMS ""Atlantis"" into the American cruise ship SS Poseidon. On December 26, the ""SS Poseidon"" capsizes"
"The character of Squire Trelawney has been played in film adaptations by Nigel Bruce (1934), Walter Fitzgerald (1950), Walter Slezak (1972), Richard Johnson (1990), Christopher Benjamin (1999) and Fozzie Bear in ""Muppet Treasure Island"" (1996). Stevenson, Robert Louis. ""Treasure Island."" Complete and Unabridged. New York: Airmont Publishing Co., Inc., 1962. Squire Trelawney Squire John Trelawney is a supporting character from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Treasure Island"". Stevenson describes him as a tall man, over six feet high, and broad in proportion, and he has a bluff, rough-and-ready face, all roughened and reddened and lined from his long travels. His eyebrows"
"ordinary folk have envisioned over the decades their own interpretations of ""Nautilus"": A Catalog of ""Nautilus"" Designs Nautilus (Verne) Nautilus is the fictional submarine captained by Nemo featured in Jules Verne's novels ""Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"" (1870) and ""The Mysterious Island"" (1874). Verne named the ""Nautilus"" after Robert Fulton's real-life submarine ""Nautilus"" (1800). For the design of the ""Nautilus"" Verne was inspired by the French Navy submarine ""Plongeur"", a model of which he had seen at the 1867 Exposition Universelle, three years before writing his novel. ""Nautilus"" is described by Verne as ""a masterpiece containing masterpieces"". It is"
"schooners. It is the last Hornblower novel chronologically, although at least one short story (The Last Encounter) is set after the events in this novel. Like some other Hornblower novels, Forester wrote it in the form of several novellas that can be read independently. Hornblower raises his flag in the schooner HMS ""Crab"" and pays a courtesy call at New Orleans. There, he learns of a plot by Napoleon's most loyal followers to liberate him from his exile on the isolated island of St Helena. Hornblower intercepts their ship, the ""Daring"", but is powerless to stop them by force; with"
"Jim Hawkins (character) James Hawkins is a fictional character in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""Treasure Island"". He is both the protagonist and main narrator of the story. At the start of the novel, Jim works at his family's inn. A patron of the inn, former swashbuckler Billy Bones, receives the Black Spot, a pirates' summons, with the warning that he has until ten o'clock, and he drops dead of apoplexy on the spot. In the dead man's sea chest, Jim and his mother find an oilskin packet, which contains a logbook detailing the treasure looted during Captain Flint's career, and"
"Treasure Island, or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym ""Captain George North"". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883, by Cassell & Co. An old sailor, calling himself ""the captain""—real name Billy Bones—comes to lodge at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the West English coast during the mid-18th-century, paying the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for ""a one-legged seafaring man"". A former shipmate with intact legs, but lacking two fingers, shows up to confront Billy about sharing his treasure map. After running the stranger off in a"